Underwater World

OTHER NEWS TO NOTE WASHINGTON

August 26, 1989

A LIST of the ''seven underwater wonders of the world'' was announced by a panel of marine experts Friday with the aim of focusing attention on protecting the underwater environment. ''If a concerted effort is not undertaken soon to protect and preserve our underwater wonders, they could be lost forever,'' said Rick Sammon, president of the sponsoring organization, CEDAM International. The seven underwater wonders are: Belau, an island group in Micronesia; the northern Red Sea; the Great Barrier Reef of Australia; the waters of the Galapagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador; Lake Baikal in Siberia; the Belize Barrier Reef; and the deep ocean vents in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.